壮丽的东方大桥群—记舟山大陆连岛工程

公元2008年10月,一项跨世纪的舟山大陆连岛工程在中国东海前沿完美收尾。这个由五座跨海特大型桥梁和漫长接线公路组成的工程,隐伏于青山间，崛呈于海天间，横海而立，成为舟山的精神象征。如同背负着舟山本岛的一条巨龙，它以冲剌的力量一头扎进云水苍茫的海天，跨越五个岛屿、横渡五道海峡，直抵宁波，进入长江三角洲经济腹地。

Bridges Transforms the Archipelago

Zhoushan Archipelago used to hang out alone in East China Sea. For thou- sands of years, it functioned differently. Li Bai, one of the greatest poets of China, once described the archipelago as inac- cessible where deities enjoyed immortality. Dethroned kings and deposed high- ranking officials sought refuge in some isles there. In the sixteenth century, the Shuangyu Port in the archipelago became a teeming center of international trade. History record says that “streets at the port abounded with people in white, yellow and black colors and goods from all over the world”. Modern Japanese schol-ars compare the archipelago of the 16th century to Great Shanghai of today. The English soldiers seized Zhoushan twiceduring the opium war for the purpose of occupying the archipelago and turning it into a trade center of Asia and the world.